Type-writing machine.



W. J. NBIDIG. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1912.

1,05 3,920. "Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. NEIDIG, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Original application filed June 15, 1908, Serial No. 438,577.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913. Divided and this application filed larch 30,

1912. Serial No. 687,463.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLiAM J. NEIniG, a citizen of the United States, residing at- .Madison, in the county of Dane, State of vision of that of my application filed June 15, 1908, Serial No. 438,577, and also is included within the generic invention which is described and claimed in my co-pending application filed April 20, 1908, Serial No. 428,212. I

The leading objects of my invention, as common to the said applications and to the present division, are first, to give the operator of the machine an indication through a signal whereby he may know that the bottom of the paper-sheet is near; and second, to indicate to him the distance remaining to the bottom of the said paper-sheet from the current printing point during several progresses of the sheet, so that he may know considerably in advance of the time to re- -.move the sheethow much space remains to him.

Thepresent division of the invention comprises various novel features of sheet-controlled'mechanism as will be explained.

Inits more complete embodiment the invention comprises means whereby an operative member isbrought into a constant starting position, means giving the said member movement coordinately with the sheet from the said position when the sheet-end attains a predetermined constant distance from the printin point, and means whereby certain novel .in icatin functions are performed. by reasons of t e sheet-coordinated movement of said. member, including the progressive indication of the position of the advancing bottomedge of the sheet.

In particular, the present invention includes: a .paper-feelerhaving a normal position permittin unobstructed insertion of the sheet; provision whereby the said paperfeeleris automatically moved into contact with the inserted sheet from the said position; provision whereby the said feeler automltically moves out of contact with the sheet whenthe platen is turned buokwardly, permitting free backing-up of paper however thin provision whereby an operative member is given normal movement with the platen but so as to be detainable independently of the platen, more specifically through a frictional actuating means Working evenly and without false mot-ion; means whereby through a feeler-controlled train of intermediate mechanism the said member is detained in a constant starting position, the said interme-.

diate mechanism more specifically includin a detent or controller having the functions of both stop and lever-arm, and having a normal position to which it automatically returns and in which it is effective for effect ing said detention, and movable by the part detained by it. out of the path of the said detained part after release by the sheet, and having other novel action; provision whereby the passing of the sheet-end from under the paper-feeler releases the said operative member and permits itto move coordinately with the sheet, the said member maintaining thereafter a fixed relation with the sheet; provision whereby the said member is made to perform novel indicating functions during said movement with the sheet, including progressive indication of the position of the sheet-end by means of indices; and provision whereby the sheet-end when moved backwardly in a late backing-up movement while the paper-feeler is still in the paperpath is enabled to actuate the paper-feeler out of its path in a route different from that by which the said feeler entered the said paper-path.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of a portion of a typewriter carriage showing an embodiment of my invention applied thereto,certain portions of the fixed frame work of the machine also being shown; Fig. 2 is a front view of certain of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the end of the carriage being in vertical section on the line A. A. Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aview in vertical section on the-line B. B. Fig. 1. Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows:

The usual platen-arbor12, bearing thereon the usual platen llfor advancmg the sheet, is journaled in the ends of the usual carriage-frame 1, the .said carriage-frame linespacing i'nech, iism not shown herein,

as will be understood.

12 and attached and also by hand,

Mounted upon the arbor to the end of the 'platen 11, as by means of fixedly attached. thereto. the lever-stop screws 9,9, is the terraced collar 13, upon. which is journaled the revoluble part 6, the same being pressed into adjustablp frictional engagement with the said collar by means of the screws '9 and pressure-pieces 7.

Upon the carriage-frame l is attached. the frame-extension 19 having thereon the laterally projecting shouldered pin 20, 11 pon which is journaled the sleeve 21, bearing or controller 15 andthe paper-feeler 28. .Thepaper-table 8 for the support of the entering sheet, mounted in the usual manner upon the carriage frame 1, is supplied with a slot or opening/lthrough which the said feelcr 28 has the path 18 indicated by a dot ted line in Fig. l. The said teeler is adapted to pass by continued movement in one direction vinto the said slotend through it and out of it along the said path 18. The

'fBe ler'QS toward the paper'spath. sheet were not present, the said papenfeeler revoluble member 6 before named bears the projection 14: having a path partly indicated at 17, Fig. 1.

It is'intended that the parts described as attached. to the sleeve 21 journaled on the shoulder-pin 20 shall be so balanced and so positioned that the stop-lever 15 Will'be movable into the said path 17of the projection 14:, and that it shall normally have a position in the said path so. as to bsbr'easted by the said projection, the weightof the feeler 28 being sufiioient to give it the said position. It is intended also that the paperfeeler 28 shall normally lie away from the paper-tablejS along the dotted line 18 in a position adjacent to the platen, so as to leave-the way open forfthe insertion of a new sheet, its own weight being suflicient to give it the said position.

, Theaotion of the mechanism is as follows: The paper-sheetfi is entered into the machine along the paper-table S, the paperfeeler 28 occupying its normal retracted position adjaoentto the platen and permitting the free entrance of the sheet, and the stoplever lfi being maintained in its normal pusition; iii the path of the projection 14 by theweight of the paper-teeler. The sheet is then advanced in the usual way through the instrumentality of the platen. platen is. rotated,

.also rotates, being i'rictionally actuatedand the projection 1% eventmilly meets the stopr l andthrough it presses the paper- If the would continue to be moved by the-said stop-lever until it had entered the slot 4 platen, moving As the.

the revoluble member d insaeeo sutficiently far to permit the projection 14: to pass the said stop-lever, whereupon it would return to normal. position. In that case the revoluble member 6 would continue revolving with the platen without detention. But the sheet being present, the paper-feeler cannot enter the said slot, but 13 detained in the position shown in Fig. l, and in turn maintains the stop lever 15 in the path of the projection l l so as to act as a stop thereon and through the projection as a stop upon the revoluble member 'The parts are maintained in this position during the further progress of the sheet'until the end of the sheet passes under the feeler 2:5. The instant the slot at is cleared by the sheet, the said feeler, no longer restrained from entering the slot, passes into the slot, and the revoluble part 6, no longer detained by the stop 15, takes up its movement with the thereafter coordinatelywith the platen-advanced sheet. As the said member always begins its movement from the same angular position, it will always stop in a constant angular position after a given angular movement from starting position; and as moreover it always begins its said movement when the end of the sheet is a constant distance from the printing point, since the pointwhere the feeler-end meets the sheet is necessarily fixedly distant from the printing point, and as the sheet is ad vanced coordinately with the said member during the said movement of-the member, the end of the sheet will always be a constant distance from theprinting point at the end of the said given angular movement of the member. I place adjacent to the said member the stationary index 34, shown as carried on the curved paper-support 31, and I supply the indicating portion of the said member which is presented opposite the said stationary index in the constant starting position of the member with an index that will indicate that position of the member; 'I further supply the said member on that portion thereof which is presented opposite the stationary index after an advance oi the sheet and member coordinately with each other, with an index that will indicate the new position of the sheet;- and so on for every successive position of the. sheeiaat will. That is to sa if after the first movement of the released member the end of the sheet isdistant eighteen single or nine dou ble lines from the printing point, 1 supply the indicating portion of the member then in indicating position with the index 9 (or 18), and in order to indicate when the end of the sheet is distant sixteen single lines or eight-double, I supply the member with the index 8 at the proper point thereon, and so on around the member to indicate the successive distances down to the end of. the sheet. In my drawings I show the indica-- lion by double-line progresses, the indices here being numerals in descending order. ()ther indication than by double line indication may be employed, and other units than the line unit. It is of course immaterial whether the stationary and the movable indices come to relative rest exact-1y opposite one another, or whether the distance is given to the end of the sheet or to a point a fixed distance therefrom, or, whether the indices in themselves signify distanceunits at all. I prefer to use simple numerals indicating the decreasingdistances-to the end of the sheet and involving no mental calculation nor memorizing on the part of the operator.

I show the projection 14 in plurality, in order that one thereof may engage with the stop-lever 15 at eachhalf-revolution of the platen, or oftener in case a greater number of projections than two is provided, as for small work of specialized nature like library card writing, but ordinarily a single projection would be used. I show also in the drawings the indices in plural series, each series sustaining a fixedangular relation to the corresponding projection, but ordinarily only one series would be employed. My invention serves to give the operator a signal that the end of the sheet is near, the

'movement of the prominently stationed indices and the displacement of one thereof by another catching his eye and callin his attention to the advanced position 0 his sheet.

platen will cause the member 6 to rotate backwardly together with the projection 14 thereon, thereby relieving the stop-lever 15 of the-pressure and restraint of the projection, whereupon the weights of the paperfeeler 28 will'move the stop-lever 15 backwardly following the projection, and the feeler 28 will itself move away from contact with the sheet into retracted position adjacent to the platen, thus permitting the sheet 2, however thin and however irregular of surface it ma be, to move backwardly along the paper-table 8 with absolute freedom. And if thesheet is advanced from the position shown-in Fig. 1 until it just clears slot 4and'the feeler 28 enters the said slot at a point adjacent its position in Fig. 1, namely the point at which the path of the enteringfeeler-end intersects the'pap'er-path the stopprojection 14;, ajbackward movement from that posit-ion of parts also is provided for. Becauseof the projection 1.4 the feeler will H eating means; called into operation through saidmcmber, means for givin said member 180 not be retracted sufficiently from'such a by the pressure ofthe backing-up bottom edge of the sheet against it, as far as may be,

or until it entirely clears the path of the sheet, which will be at a point in the rear where the path of the backwardly-swinging feeler again intersects the paper-path.

A mechanism such as I have described satisfies the objects ofmy invention in what I regard as the most perfect manner, but I consider my invention sufliciently broad to include within its scope various known types of indicating devices, which may prove suitable and convenient for use in practical embodirrents of the main principles of the invention such, for example, as the visual, audible and machine-lock devices shown and described in my application of April 28,

, 1908, aforesaid, and claimed in my applications filed Dec. 13, 1909, Serial No. 532,928, and Dec. 15, 1909, Serial No. 533,309. I

'regard the moving surface bearing indices may vary more or less in character and con- I struction in practice, and the means and manner of actuatin the same may vary without departure rom the principles of the invention. I show and describe the engagement between the index bearing part and the part that impels it as a frictional engagement, because that is re arded by me as 1 the most perfect form 0 engagement adapted to the purpose, but a frictional en gagpment is not essential in all cases in the em odiment of the different features of the invention. It is to be noted, also that although I showthe aper-feeler 28 as intersecting the path of paper-table 8, I do not limlt myself to this construction in all cases.

What I claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is':

1. Ina typewrit-ing machine, in combination, a platen, a series of indices, means for giving the said indices movement with the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, and a sheet-controlled 'detent for controlling the movement of the indices.

2. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an indices-carrier and cooperatin index, one thereof moving normally with the platen but detainable inde-' pendently of the plht'en, a stop for detaining the detainable element in a constant starting position, and apaper-feeler connected to control the action-of the said stop.

3. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, indisimuttanieousmovement with t platen, and

the paper-sheet at the sheet-controlled detent means detaining said member in initial position and ceasing to detain. said member after being itself released from the control of the sheet.

4:. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative inen'iber, indicating means called into operation through said member, means for giving the said member simultaneous movement with theplaten but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, and a sheet-controlled stop for detaining the said member in a constant starting position and then releasing it. to move with the platen.

5. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, visual signaling means ca lled into operation through said member, means for giving the said member simultaneous movement with the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, a stopping device for de taining and releasing the said member, and a paper-feeler controlling the action of the said device. s

6. In a typewriting machine, in combinat on, a platen, an operative member bearing a PITHQCtlOD, indicating means called lnto operation through said member, frictional means giving the member movement with the platen, and. sheet-controlled means cooperating with the projection to detain and release the said member. Y. Ina typewrltmg machine, in combination, a, platen, an operative member,- indieating means called into operation through said member," frictional means giving the member movement correlated with that of the and releasing means for the member, includ ing a movable stop.

tion, a platen, an index-carrier, frictional I means giving the said carrier-movement with the platen, and means including a sheet controlled stop for controlling the movement of the said carrier.

- .9. In a typewriting machine, in combination, aplaten, a revoluble member, indicatingvmeans called into operation through said member, frictional actuating meansfor the said member maintained in engagement through axially direct-ed pressure, and a sheet-controlled sto' "for controlling the movement of the said 'memberi.

l0, In a typewriting machine, in COHlblnEk -tion,-a platen, a paper-fee'ler entering the paper-path on release by the sheet-end and pushing ahead of thelatter in a late backing-np'. movementand thereby caused to leave the said patlnand indicating means controlled hythe said paper-feeler.-

-11 In a typevvriting machine, in combination, a platen an operative member, a aperfeeler movable out of the paperat-h by the backing-up bottom edge of the s ieet, means platen, and sheet controlled detainingrendered effective by the said paper-feeler in the presence of the sheet for giving the said member a constant starting position, means rendered efiective by the passing oi the sheet-end for giving the said member simultaneous movement -with the platen trom the said startmg position, and 1nd1cating means called into operation through said member.

12; In a typewriting machine, in combina tion, a platen, an operative member, means for actuating the said member from the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, a paper gfeeler movable out of the paper-path by the backingup bottom edge of the sheet in a late backingup movement, a movable stop "controlled by the said paper-feeler, and indicating means called into operation through said member.

13. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a paper-feeler controlled by the sheet and receding from sheet-controlled position when the platen is turned back- Wardly, a movable detent controlled by said paper-feeler, and indicating means controlled through the said detent.

14. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a member frictionally actuated to move Withthe platen, indicatim means called into operation through said member, and sheet-controlled means for controlling the mo-vemei'it of the said member,

including a paper-feeler receding from conmet with the sheet when the platen is turned backwardly anda detent controlled by the paper-feeler.

15. In a typewriting machine, in'combination, sheet-advancing means, a paper-feeler having a sheet-detained position and havm 8. In a typewritmg machme, 1n combma-- a normal position retracted from the sai position and upon the same side of the paper-path therewith so as to permit of free sheet-insertion, and indicating means controlled by the said pa-per-feeler.

16. In a typewritmg machine, in combina-.

tion, aplaten, a paper-feelerhaving a normal position retracted from the patltof the paper, and means operating in the forward turning movement of the platen to cause said feeler to bear against the paper. i

17. In a typewriting machine, in combinanation, a platen, an operative member, a

paper-feeler having a normal position retractedt'rom its sheetcontrolled-position so as to per it of'free sheet-insertion, means rendered effective by thesaid paper-feeler in the presence of t e-sheet. for giving the said member a constant starting. posltion,

means rendered efl'ective by the passing of the sheet-end for giving the said member movement simultaneous with that of the laten from the said starting position, and indicating means called into operation through said member.

19. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, means giving the said member simultaneous movement with the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, indicating means called into operation through said member, a paper-feeler having a normal position out of the paperpath, and a detent connected with the said feeler for controlling the movement of the said 0 erative member. 20. nation, a platen, an index-carrier, frictional means giving the said carrier simultaneous movement with the platen, and sheet-controlled means for detaining "and releasing the said member, including a paper-feeler having 'a normal position retracted from the'pa r-path.

QL-Iii a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a series of indices, means giving the said indices simultaneous movement with the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, a movable detent, and a paper-feeler having a normal position retracted from the paperpath and connected to act controllingly upon the said indices through the said detent.

22. In a t pewriting machine, in combination, a sheet-controlled stop automatically returning into operative position, a platen, a detainable member connected with the platen and operative to deflect the said stop from its normal position, and indicatin means called into operation through said member.

23. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member having a pro ection thereon, means for giving the said member movement with the platen but permitting independent detention thereof, indicating means called into operation through said member, and sheet-controlled means for controllin the movement of the said member with t e platen, including a stop and means actin to move the same into the path of the said projection.

24. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a paper-feeler, a lever, a platen, and means actuated from the platen through the said lever for pressing the said paper feeler against the paper. a

25. In a typewriting machine, in combination, sheet-advancing means, a paperfeeler, a. lever, a part operative against the said lever to change its positionand through it change the, osition of the said paper- "Q6 feeier, and itse f controlled by said lever,

n .a typewriting machine, in combi-\ and indicating means controlled bythesaid part,

26. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a paper-feeler, a lever, a l'aten, an

operative member actuated from t e platen,

and means on the said member workin through the said lever to press the sai paper-feeler toward the paper-path.

27. In a typewriting machine, in combination,a paper-feeler,a stop-lever,a platen, an. operative member, means giving the said member movement with the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, means on the said'member cooperating with said lever to actuate the aper-feeler. toward the paper-path and a so control the movement of the said member, and indicating means called into operation through said member.

28. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a memberconnected to move with the platen but detainable independently thereof, indicating means called into operation through said member, and a sheet-controlled detent controlling said member and which returns automatically tosengaging position after releasing the said member.

29. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a ,platen, an operative member, means giving the said member movement with the platen but permitting independent' detention; thereof, indicating means called into 0 eration through said,member, a plurality .0 projections on the said mem- 0 ber through which it may be detained in either of a plurality of starting positions and means .nontrolled by the sheet adapted to engage with either of the said 'projec- 'tions to detain and release the said member. 105

30. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a member normallv moving with the platen. but detainable independently thereof, indicating means called into operation through said member, and means for controlling the movement of the said member, including a projection on the member, a cooperating stop movable out of the path of the projection by the projection, and sheet-controlled means for controlling the movement of the stop.

31. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a'member normally moving coordinately with the laten but detainable independently thereot i 'indicating means called into operation through said member, a paper-feeler, and intermediate means whereby the said member actuates the said feeler into the paper-path in the absence of the sheet but is detained by the feeler in the presence of the sheet.

32. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a member normally moving in correlation therewith but detainable ina dependently thereof, indicating means called into operation through said member, and =l0. lnat-ypewriting machine, in combinacontrolling means for the said member including a lever-stop adapted to act detain- 1 n gl ,np on the member and transmitting therefrom upon connected structure lied by the sheet.

in. a typewri 11g machine, in combination, platen, an operative member having movementat times With the platen, indicating means called into operation through said member, and sheet-controlled detaining and releasing means for the member, in eluding projection and a stop in the path thereof which recedes from the projection during withdrawal from the said path and While the said stop is still. in contact with the said projection.

34%. In a t-ypewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an index-carrier normally moving with the platen but detainable independently thereof and having indices in. connection therewith, and sheet-controlled means adapted to \detain the said carrier in a constant initial or starting position and then release it to move simultaneously with the platen so as-to bring the said indices successively into indicating position.

In a t-ypevvriting machine, in combination, a platen, an indicator, means for giving one of said indicators simultaneous 'mcvement With the platen but permitting detention thereof independently of the platen, and sheet-controlled means tor controlling the said movement.

36.111 :1 typewriting machine, in combi nation, a platen, a rotary member having =21 frictwnal connection with the pl.atcn,1nd1- cat-ing means called into operation through said member, and a sheehcontrolled paper feeler through which the movement. of the said member is controlled.

I 87, In a typewriting machine, in combi- 'nat-ioinfa platen, a. series ot lndlces IIlC- t-ionally connected with the platen, and means controlled by the Work-sheet for de- :taining the said indices in. a constant startcoi'itrolleci ing position and thenreleasing them to be brought successively into indicating posi tion.

38. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative, member indieating means called into operation through said member, frictional actuating means for the said. member maintained in engagement through axially directed pressure, and sheetcont-rolled means for detaining and releasing the said member,

' 39. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member having frictional connection therewith, means called into operation through said member 'rherebya visual signal is given, and sheetoping and releasing means for the operative member, substantially as de scribed and for the purpose specified,

'tion, a platen, an indencarrier connected to move simultaneously with the platen but detainable independently thereof and having a plurality of series of indices arranged so as to come successivelv int-o il'ldicating position one index at a time and one series of indices. at a time, and sheet-controlled means whereby the index-carrier may be detained in a plurality of starting positions'and then released to take upmovement WVltllJlllB platen.

ll. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, a paperfeeler receding from contact with the sheet when the platen is turned baclnvardly,means rendered effective by the said paper-feeler in the presence of the sheet for giving the said member-a constant starting position, means rendered efi'ective bv the. passing of the sheet-end for giving the said member simultaneous movement with the platen from the said starting position, and indicating means called into operation through said member,

42. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a paper-feeler det-ainable by the sheet and receding from-sheet-controlled position when the platen isturned back wardly, and indicating" meanscontrolled by the said paper-feeler.

l3. In a type writing machine, in combination, aplaten, a member normally moving with the platen but deteineble independently thereof, indicating meanscalled into operation through said member, *and sheet controlled means for controlling the movement of the said member, includingn,paper-feeler receding" from the sheet when turned backwardly. e.

4A. In a typeWrit-ing machinegin combination, a platen, an operative memb r, indicatthe said starting position.

45. in a typeivriting machine, in combinat-ion, a platen, a part'movable therewith, a paper-feeler pressed. toward the paper-path by saidpart, and indicating meanscontrolled by the cooperation oi the said elements. I,

. 46. In a typevvriting machine, in combination, a platen, rotary member combined to move with the pla'ten but deiainable' independently thereofi; indicatingmeans celled intooperation through said member, and

sheet-controlled neans for detaining and re- V leasing the said. member, including a paper- 130 feeler pressed toward the paperpath through i ab1e independently thereof, indicating means the action of the forwardly-revolving platen.

47. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member movable simultaneously with the platen but detaintion, a platen, a slip-drive comprising'a driving member moving in unison with the platen and a driven member co-acting therewith, in-e dicating means called into operation through 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for d. N v 00 LO Q.

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the driven member of the said slip-drive,

and a pape'r-feeler for controlling the movement of the driven member.

49. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, indicating means called into operation through said member, a slip-drive means for giving the said member simultaneous movement with the platen, and a sheet-controlled stop for controlling the said movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. NEIDIG. Witnesses:

-CHAS. F. RANDALL,

NATHAN B. DAY.

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It is hereby'certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,053,920, granted February 18, 1913, upon the application of William J. Neidig, of Madison, Wisconsin, for an improvement in Type-Writing Ma.chines, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 6, line 30, strike out the words one of and same page and line, for the word indicators read indicator; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofliceu' o. o. BILLINGS,

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feeler pressed toward the paperpath through i ab1e independently thereof, indicating means the action of the forwardly-revolving platen.

47. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member movable simultaneously with the platen but detaintion, a platen, a slip-drive comprising'a driving member moving in unison with the platen and a driven member co-acting therewith, in-e dicating means called into operation through 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for d. N v 00 LO Q.

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the driven member of the said slip-drive,

and a pape'r-feeler for controlling the movement of the driven member.

49. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, indicating means called into operation through said member, a slip-drive means for giving the said member simultaneous movement with the platen, and a sheet-controlled stop for controlling the said movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. NEIDIG. Witnesses:

-CHAS. F. RANDALL,

NATHAN B. DAY.

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It is hereby'certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,053,920, granted February 18, 1913, upon the application of William J. Neidig, of Madison, Wisconsin, for an improvement in Type-Writing Ma.chines, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 6, line 30, strike out the words one of and same page and line, for the word indicators read indicator; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofliceu' o. o. BILLINGS,

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